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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 18, 2020

 

INTELLIA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-37766

36-4785571

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

40 Erie Street, Suite 130

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

02139

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (857) 285-6200

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock (Par Value $0.0001)

 

NTLA

 

The Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

 

 


 

 

Item 5.07     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 18, 2020 (the “Annual Meeting”). The following is a summary of the matters voted on at that meeting.

 

 

a)

The stockholders of the Company elected Jean-François Formela, M.D. and Jesse Goodman, M.D., M.P.H. as class I directors, for a three-year term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2023 and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the election of the class I directors were as follows:

 

Name

  

        Votes
         For

 

  

       Votes
   Withheld

 

  

Broker
Non-Votes

 

Jean-François Formela, M.D.*

  

 27,522,279

 

 

 

9,811,173

 

 

 

7,636,741

 

 

Jesse Goodman, M.D., M.P.H.

 

27,483,509

 

 

 

9,849,943

 

 

 

7,636,741

 

 

 

* Immediately following the closing of the Annual Meeting, Jean-François Formela, M.D. was reclassified from class I to class II, with a term that expires at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2021.

 

 

b)

The stockholders of the Company ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to such ratification were as follows:

 

Votes

For

 

Votes

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

44,648,843

 

99,895

 

221,455

 

0

 

 

c)

The stockholders of the Company approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers.  The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the approval of the compensation of the named executive officers were as follows:  

 

Votes

For

 

Votes

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

36,659,410

 

556,961

 

117,081

 

7,636,741

 

No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date:   June 19, 2020

 

By:

/s/ John M. Leonard

 

 

 

Name: John M. Leonard

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President